Installation Showcase: August 2010

Steinhart Aquarium At The California Academy Of Sciences San Francisco, CAConsultant and/or Installer BBI ENGINEERINGChallenge Enable diver-presenters in the Philippine Coral Reef shows to chat with audience members while immersed in up to 25 feet of water. Equipment Highlights Diver’s facemask is equipped with two tiny headphones and a mic, which are connected by a special underwater tube to a ClearCom CellCom digital wireless intercom beltpack near the tank. A presenter on the other side of the glass has a microphone hooked in, via the CellCom base station, to the same communications channel as the diver.

SaRang Community Church Anaheim, CAConsultant and/or Installer TV MAGICChallenge Complete a new control room and HD equipment upgrade for SaRang Community Church; convert all displays to 16:9. Equipment Highlights A Sony PMW-EX3 XDCAM EX HD camcorder equipped with a Boxx Meridian wireless high-def video transmitter; four Sony HXC-100 HD cameras; one Sony HDR-FX7 locked off camera to insert a signer for the hearing impaired: Grass Valley Kayak production switcher; VRi CG, Pro-Presenter; and Evertz multiviewer; Barco CLD8A projectors for IMAG and a pair of CLD8A projectors with Barco processors.

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Yoshi’s In The Filmore Heritage Center San Francisco, CAConsultant and/or Installer CHARLES SALTER ASSOCIATES/JK SOUNDChallenge Maintain the intimacy of a jazz club in the new 28,000-square-foot, two-story venue with seating for 417 in the jazz club and nearly 371 in the restaurant and lounge. Equipment Highlights Three pairs of custom EAW AX-SY 3-way full-range installation loudspeakers; five EAW UX8800 DSPs; EAW SB625z medium format sub; EAW MicroWedge.

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Pinkroom Miami, FLConsultant and/or Installer PARADISE PRODUCTION SERVICES Challenge Blend a high-quality DJ-based and live sound system inconspicuously with the club’s décor in a space roughly 50 feet long by 40 feet wide with a ceiling height of 15 feet.Equipment Highlights Ten D.A.S. Audio Variant 112A powered line arrays and six D.A.S. LX-218A powered subwoofers throughout the main nightclub area, with another six Variant 25A powered mid-high array elements in the VIP areas and front entrance. Four LX- 218A subwoofers reside in an area beneath the stage, while the far ends each have a single LX-218A in recessed cubicles.

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Church On The Move Tulsa, OK Consultant and/or Installer STRATEGIC CONNECTIONSChallenge Upgrade the sound system for the newly expanded Church on the Move. The 12,000-member church chose to remodel its existing main sanctuary by adding an additional 700 seats. Equipment Highlights 38 JBL VerTec VT4888 midsize line array elements flown in four arrays with 16 JBL ASB6128V subwoofers, 10 flown and six located under the stage; front fills, seven JBL AC28/95 loudspeakers housed behind the perimeter of the stage; 49 Crown MA5000i amplifiers and 10 CTs 2000 and CTs 3000 amps with control and routing handled by BSS Soundweb London BLU-160 processors, all networked via Harman HiQnet System Architect.

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Rock Bottom Brewery ColoradoConsultant and/or Installer NO STATIC PRO AUDIOChallenge After upgrading the sound quality of the Rock Bottom Brewery’s San Diego location, No Static found not only loudspeakers that would benefit from repositioning, but a backline of failing processors and amps at several of the older Brewery locations in Colorado. Equipment Highlights Replaced existing equipment with a single Ashly ne8250.70pe network-ready, eight-channel 70-volt amplifier with built-in Ashly Protea DSP. A single Ashly WR-5 programmable remote wall control simplifies user interface and provides direct control of the VCAs within the amps.

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Woodstock Opera House Woodstock, ILConsultant and/or Installer PRO-TECH SERVICESChallenge The busy performance venue features a variety of events, requiring an adaptable sound system able to accurately meet the sound requirements of single performers, small groups, and classical orchestras. Equipment Highlights Eight Bag End TA1200-RF portable floor monitors, a TA2000 12-inch center house speaker, and 4 TA5000 15-inch main speakers. A Yamaha LS9-32 digital console with various snakes and wiring connects the system.

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Cuyahoga Community College’s Center For Creative Arts Cleveland, OH Consultant and/or Installer WESTLAKE REED LESKOSKYChallenge An important element of a new educational initiative is to give students the chance to learn hands-on how to record and create mixes on a daily basis, requiring high-quality audio signals that could be sent from anywhere to anywhere. Equipment Highlights An Aviom Pro64 Series audio network allows the school to implement its curriculum by providing audio distribution throughout the four-story, 75,000-square-foot structure.